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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.07,0:00:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, my name is Tony and this is a quick\Nepisode of Every Frame a Painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.10,0:00:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--Dr. Lecter my name is Clarice Starling\NMay I speak with you?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.08,0:00:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today’s topic is winning the scene. In\Ndrama, two characters walk into a room.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.10,0:00:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each wants something from the other.\N{\i1}--May I see your credentials?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.00,0:00:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question of the scene is:\Nwho gets what they want?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.08,0:00:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--Closer.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.00,0:00:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First you’ll notice they both look right\Ninto the lens, examining each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.01,0:00:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though Lecters in jail this framing\Nshows him and Clarice as equals
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.04,0:00:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, once he lands the first blow:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.08,0:00:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--That expires in one week.\NYou’re not real FBI, are you?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.08,0:00:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We move over-the-shoulder,\Nwith each person
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.08,0:00:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building up a defense.\NAnd who has the power here?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.06,0:00:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--Sit, please.\N{\i0}He does.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.01,0:00:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From here on out, we’re always looking\Nslightly down on her, slightly up on him
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.00,0:00:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--Now then, tell me,\Nwhat did Miggs say to you?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.06,0:00:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While he looks us right in the eye,\Nshe looks off camera.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.02,0:00:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now we're inside her head.\NJonathan Demme will reinforce this
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.88,0:00:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by having the camera look\Nwhere Clarice is looking
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.00,0:01:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to bring us back to Lecter.\N{\i1}--You know Florence?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.00,0:01:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember shes here to get him to look at\Na survey. Every time she's too obvious
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.00,0:01:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--I’m only asking you to look at this.\NEither you will or you won’t.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.03,0:01:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go back to this standoffish angle.\NBut Hannibal Lecter is curious
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.05,0:01:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about one thing…\N{\i1}--You know why he’s called Buffalo Bill?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.02,0:01:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we shift. Now she looks us\Nin the eye, he looks off.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.02,0:01:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ve moved inside his point of view\Nbecause he’s genuinely interested.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.02,0:01:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the relationship is starting to thaw\NYou can actually tell
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.00,0:01:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the exact moment it happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.05,0:01:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--Most serial killers keep some trophy.\N--I didn’t.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--No, no you ate yours.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.00,0:01:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think Clarice is winning.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.00,0:01:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She’s gotten him to look at the survey,\Nand we get a close-up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.01,0:01:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emphasizing its importance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.01,0:01:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then Lecter decides\Nto turn the tables.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.03,0:01:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--You know what you look like to me with\Nyour good bag and your cheap shoes{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.06,0:01:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}you look like a rube.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.06,0:01:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the first time the camera\Ndollies during the entire scene,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.00,0:01:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it ends by framing Lecter normally,\Nwhile Clarice is short-sided off-balance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.02,0:01:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just when she thought she was winning…
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.02,0:01:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.06,0:02:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you’re paying attention you’ll notice\Nthat Lecter is no longer looking
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.04,0:02:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly into the lens,\Nbut ever so slightly off.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.03,0:02:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they’re not seeing\Neye to eye anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.01,0:02:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--You fly back to school little Starling{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.06,0:02:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He walks away from the camera, mirrored\Nin the next shot when she does the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.05,0:02:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After Miggs does his thing,\Nwe get the second camera move
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.08,0:02:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the very first\Ntwo-shot in the entire scene.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.00,0:02:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, they’re together\Nin the same frame,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.02,0:02:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the camera looking up,\Nand we understand that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.06,0:02:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the beginning of a relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.02,0:02:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--I don't think Miggs can manage again\Nso soon, even though he's crazy, GO NOW.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.00,0:02:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes the dynamic interesting is\NHannibal Lecter wins the scene
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.10,0:02:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then gives up his win for his own\Nreasons. Clarice gets what she wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.07,0:02:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it feels like a humiliation. If you\Nenjoyed this little exercise, I highly
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.06,0:02:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recommend watching other interactions\Nbetween these two characters,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.00,0:02:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each of which has a slightly different\Nanswer to the question of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.05,0:02:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Who wins the scene?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.08,0:02:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Tony and this was a quick\Nepisode of Every Frame a Painting.